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Do you control knowledge, or does knowledge control you?

When knowledge controls me, it means I'm completely conditioned and domesticated by the environment that surrounds me, the family, the culture, to saying yes or no to what they want me to do.

Which means the work of art I'm creating is not my work of art. It's someone else's work of art. Someone else's point of view. Someone else's expectation. Someone else's prejudice. Someone else's projection of how I'm supposed to be.

You can say that the main problem that the Four Agreements, and every single one of our books, deals with is domestication. Which is a system of reward and punishment by which we model the behavior of an individual. Where, if you live up to the expectation, you're worthy of our reward. And if you fall short of it, you're worthy of the punishment.

Since we're emotional beings, that reward feels like acceptance, which feels like love. And the punishment feels like rejection and a lack of love.

It's the way we've learned to love conditionally... "I love you *if*."
But if you begin to regain control of your "yes" and your "no"... regain control of your intent, your impeccability of your word, or your impeccability of yourself, your impeccability of your intent... then it goes back to "I control knowledge." And knowledge is the instrument by which I inform my choices, and I'm the one making that choice.

You can say it's me creating the work of art that is my life, by my choice.

-Don Miguel Ruiz Jr

“All my life I have been told to 'just breathe'. Until my first breath work session w/ Derek, I don’t think I ever truly understood the power of breathing. Derek taught me very easily how to open myself up and take on a new perspective in life. I was selfishly doubtful beforehand and really broke through all of that during my session. Not only did I take on brand new ideas, perspectives and feelings right away, Derek was able to chat and really dig deep on what it all meant. Thank you Derek. Can’t wait to do more work on myself in the future.”

- Michael G